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Automobile-Pump (open access)

Automobile-Pump

Patent for an automobile tire pump that can be used with any size tire.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Goeth, Richard Anton; Rodgers, Robert B. & Dittmar, John Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Flue Cleaner. (open access)

Boiler-Flue Cleaner.

Patent for a new and useful boiler flue cleaner, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 4, 1898
Creator: Hamilton, Ninian B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Vehicle Brake (open access)

Automatic Vehicle Brake

Patent for automatic vehicle brake. The invention "provides a spring controlled rack cooperating with a gear or pinion or a vehicle wheel." (line 18-20). Illustrations included.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Uhl, Edgar G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[a] car-coupling link having a slotted spring-head adapted to hold the link in a draw-head by frictional contact therewith, and arranged and adapted to permit a coupling-pin to pass through the slots in the said link and its spring-head" (lines 48-53).
Date: February 4, 1890
Creator: Thompson, James Alfred M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressor for Ice Machines. (open access)

Compressor for Ice Machines.

Patent for a new and improved ice-machine compressor. This design consists in "an ammonia-compressor, the piston-rod having transverse opening in combination with the valve, stem having slot and shoulder, key held therein by a wedge, and the spring and washer" (lines 90-94).
Date: October 4, 1887
Creator: Schuehle, Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shawl-Strap and Head-Rest (open access)

Combined Shawl-Strap and Head-Rest

Patent for a head rest to be used in cars and other places and can be attached to a seat or shawl, including illustrations.
Date: March 4, 1879
Creator: McLane, Hiram H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clutch. (open access)

Clutch.

Patent for "the principal object of this invention to provide a compact and efficient friction clutch for transmitting power from a single driving member to a plurality of individual driven mechanisms" (lines 11-15), including illustrations.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Taft, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Device (open access)

Valve-Grinding Device

Patent for a device that can simultaneously grind "several valves of a multi-cylinder engine or motor" (lines 11-12). This device allows the "ready interchangeability, repair and adjustment of the working parts" (lines 16-17).
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Lohec, Joseph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Lubricator. (open access)

Journal-Lubricator.

Patent for a railway journal lubricator with a reservoir and lubricating rollers for supplying lubricant to the railway journal.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Urbieta, Jose M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for making mattresses. (open access)

Machine for making mattresses.

Patent for a machine for making mattresses with compressed lint-cotton inserted into a tick.
Date: June 4, 1901
Creator: Morgan, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater. (open access)

Water-Heater.

Patent for a water heater for use in small spaces. This water heater heats water rapidly and is less costly as well as smaller than a standard boiler.
Date: August 4, 1903
Creator: Damm, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wave-Motor (open access)

Wave-Motor

Patent for a wave motor for vehicles that travel on water. Illustrations included.
Date: February 4, 1913
Creator: Stribling, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Key. (open access)

Key.

Patent for a key, which can be produced in quantity but without any of them being able to open the same door.
Date: February 4, 1908
Creator: Katzenberger, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Latch Mechanism for Spittoon-Covers. (open access)

Latch Mechanism for Spittoon-Covers.

Patent for an improved latch mechanism for sliding covers on spittoons.
Date: July 4, 1917
Creator: Lovece, Nicola
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel

Patent for a vehicle wheel with a tire that is improved with a spring cushion.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Allan, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Parcel Carrier Guard for Bicycles (open access)

Parcel Carrier Guard for Bicycles

Patent for improved Parcel-Carrier Guard for bicycles. Specifically the patent helps to prevent contact with the parcel carrier guard and the front wheel.
Date: July 4, 1916
Creator: Apple, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Transmitting Motion. (open access)

Means for Transmitting Motion.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in means for transmitting motion, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 4, 1898
Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H. & Holmgreen, Eugene A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stamp Canceler. (open access)

Stamp Canceler.

Patent for a new and improved stamp canceler. This design "is to provide a . . . stamp-canceler, which is so constructed that it punctures or perforates the stamp and inks it at the same time, but does not mutilate the letter or other contents of the envelope" (lines 7-12).
Date: May 4, 1886
Creator: Luzenberg, Edward A. & Sachs, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley - Guard (open access)

Trolley - Guard

Patent for a new and useful improvement in trolley-guards to prevent "the trolley - wheel at the top of a trolley - pole from jumping fro the conducting - wire, thus avoiding the stopping of the cars" (line 9 - 11).
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Vogler, Herman J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milking Apparatus (open access)

Milking Apparatus

Patent for a milking apparatus. This invention is designed to imitate the action of hand milking or a calf's sucking. Illustration included.
Date: August 4, 1908
Creator: Sinclair, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Padlock. (open access)

Padlock.

Patent for a padlock, which can only be opened with a certain key and prevents the use of many lock-picking devices.
Date: February 4, 1908
Creator: Katzenberger, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Bicycle (open access)

Motor-Bicycle

Patent for "a frame in which the motor shall be firmly supported without undue strain on any part of the machine and in which the weight of the motor shall be as low as may be and to connect the motor to the driving-axle in such way that a pedal shall also be utilized for driving the machine with little interference from the motor and with a proper balance of friction and to improve certain details and combinations of the driving-gear" (lines 10-20).
Date: June 4, 1901
Creator: White, Edward Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paracentesis Needle or Trocar (open access)

Paracentesis Needle or Trocar

Patent for a needle with the purpose of injecting fluids or extracting excess fluids from the body. Includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Hill, Phillip
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasolene and Oil Filter (open access)

Gasolene and Oil Filter

Patent for a gasoline and oil filter capable of filtering material in a way that makes in suitable for reuse, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 4, 1918
Creator: Caen, George, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History